This weekend I’d like to encourage people to come over to my neighborhood to check out SoWa First Fridays (this is a great date night option), SoWa Art Walk (Saturday & Sunday) and definitely check out the first SoWa Open Market of 2018 on Sunday, which this year will have the “SoWa Beer Barn”.
In addition to these events happening in SoWa, north of Boston is the 10th Mass Poetry Festival in Salem, and Boston’s taco festival runs all day on Saturday in Government Center. Cap off the weekend by attending either Verna Turbulence’s Drag Brunch at Club Cafe, which raises money for the Boston Living Center in Boston or head over to Trophy Room for their DADT Boi Butter Brunch.
10th Mass Poetry Festival runs Friday through Sunday this weekend in Salem Ma with many events free and open to the public – in Salem
First Tea Dance at Boatslip is Friday and although it may not be summer-like weather yet it is hard not to be excited – tea dance starts at 4PM in Ptown
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
Let’s paint the town RED for the Frannie Peabody Center is from 5-9PM at the Front Porch on Friday evening in Ogunquit
SoWa First Fridays runs from 5-9PM at 450 Harrison Avenue in Boston
ALLEGIANCE (Opening Weekend) premieres on Friday at the Calderwood Pavilion in the South End and runs through June 2nd in Boston
Guerrilla Queer Bar (GQB) takes over a traditionally “straight” bar the first Friday of each month – later this week the destination will be shared.
Casual Fridays is a weekly dance party with no cover featuring DJ Begbick at the Alley Bar in DTX
La Boum’s 9th Anniversaire! /Queer Dance Party Come listen to some Madonna, Robin S., Robyn, Janet, Beyoncé on Friday starting at 10PM
FASCINATION Friday is a monthly gear/ fetish/ kink night at Jacques the 1st and 4th Friday of the month in Boston
Video Night Tracks every Saturday night join VJ Ryan Grow at Cathedral Station starting at 9:30PM
The Donkey Show is the ultimate disco experience is a story inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream each Saturday at Club Oberon in Cambridge.
Boston taco festival runs all day on Saturday in Government Center
Southern Maine AIDS Walk/5K Run starts at 11AM on Saturday at Ogunquit Beach – this is Frannie Peabody Center’s largest annual fundraiser supporting HIV/AIDS services in Maine –
SoWa Art Walk starts at 11AM on Saturday and 10 AM on Sunday so come over to SoWa and check out Boton’s Creative Economy up close and personal
ENCORE is Boston’s Gay Men’s Chorus annual gala and this year it is at the historic Omni Parker House
Don Julio Tequila Tasting head over to Cathedral Station for a tequila tasting from 7-9PM in Boston
Gagged LGBTQ Saturdays starts at 9PM at Brothers Taverna in Salem
Grunt is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX
EXTRA with Special Guest Lady Bunny is an 18+ party at Machine on Saturday starting at 10PM in Boston
UNITE Saturdays is a weekly dance party at Club Cafe with DJ Susan Esthera (no cover before 11PM) in Boston
Saga Saturdays Boston’s biggest gay dance party at Paradise in Cambridge
SoWa Open Market SoWa Open Market is now open every Sunday from 10AM – 4PM through the end of October in Boston
Verna Turbulence’s Drag Brunch starts at 12PM on Sunday at Club Cafe and raises money for the Boston Living Center in Boston
DADT Presents Boi Butter Brunch on Sunday starts at 1PM at Trophy Room in Boston
Open NOH8 Photo Shoot runs from 2PM – 4PM on Sunday at the W Hotel in Boston
Sunday Tea Dance never has a cover and always has great music from 70s 80s & 90s, starting at 6PM no cover every Sunday at Club Cafe in Boston
Karaoke at the Alley is every Sunday starting at 8PM in Boston
Pajama Party is a weekly dance party hosted every Sunday starting at 10PM at Machine in Boston
Hot Mess Sundays at Candibar in the Theater District is every Sunday starting at 10PM in Boston
Send me information about your upcoming programs and events in my blog’s comment section or message me the details on Facebook.
$61 for a Roundtrip Ticket to the Ptown Fast Ferry ($93 Value)Planning a trip to Provincetown this summer, or perhaps you live in Boston and know you will be making multiple trips? The Boston Harbor Cruise Co. (one of the two high speed ferry companies here in Boston with service to Provincetown) has their annual GroupOn running at the moment.
Roundtrip tickets which normally cost $93 are on sale for $61. Grab them while they last – this deal will expire in three days if it doesn’t sell out first.
GroupOn BHC Coupon is here.
See their 2018 Ptown ferry schedule here.
Sam Tanabe plays Sammy Kimura in SpeakEasy Stage Company’s production of ALLEGIANCE
On Friday, May 4th The SpeakEasy Stage Company will open with their fifth and final production of their 2017 / 2018 season, ALLEGIANCE.
Inspired by the true childhood experience of TV/film actor and social media icon George Takei (Mr. Sulu on Star Trek), ALLEGIANCE tells the story of the Kimura family, whose lives are upended when they and 120,000 other Japanese-Americans were forced to leave their homes following the events at Pearl Harbor.
This show is an uplifting testament to the power of the human spirit. It follows the Kimura family as they fight between duty and defiance, custom and change, family bonds and forbidden loves. Be sure to check out this show. You’ll find it difficult to take your eyes off of the very handsome actor Sam Tanabe who you can also follow on Twitter at, @tanablems.
ALLEGIANCE
May 4 – June 2
Get Your Tickets Here
Book by Marc Acito, Jay Kuo & Lorenzo Thione
Music & Lyric by Jay Kuo | Directed by Paul Daigneault
I dedicate this weekly post, featuring vintage gay photographs, to the men and women who lived in a more critical time where being true to yourself and loving who you want wasn’t always an option and came at a great price. Do you have a photo you would like to share? Email me at bosguymail@gmail.com.
By Evan Rosenberg || 450 Harrison Avenue – Artist Studio #307A
This weekend celebrate and explore Boston’s most vibrant arts community at the Annual SoWa Art Walk. Make the most of this two-day event on your own, with friends or even as a date – it’s free to peruse and makes for a great opportunity to see Boston’s creative economy up close. Perhaps the best date option is perusing studios and galleries this Friday as part of “First Fridays” where each month artist studios and galleries welcome people from 5 – 9PM.
I’d also like to give my friend and Boston-area artist, Evan Rosenberg a shout out and encourage you to stop by and visit his debut showing from his current series, Therapy, which will be at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery’s 450 Harrison Ave showroom on the 3rd floor in studio #307A.
Did you know the SoWa Art & Design District has more than 300 working artists studios, and is the largest concentration of contemporary art galleries in the city? Plan on coming out either Friday evening for First Fridays or for the SoWa Art Walk on Saturday and Sunday.
If you are a carb-hater or gluten-phobe this may not be the Instagram account for you, but if you live for pasta the way I do then this account is tantalizing. I had the pleasure of meeting Emily Trotochaud at a cooking class she was leading at Sur La Table in the Copley (ironically not to cook pasta) and I started following her account that evening.
Follow Emily on Instagram here, instagram.com/100daysofpasta.
Do you like this weekly post? Check out previously featured IG accounts here.
Hopefully the caption I’ve shared below inspires you to offer up a caption or two of your own. Leave a witty or funny caption as a comment for this post, and I’ll approve it for readers to enjoy.
“Peek A Boo“
Each Tuesday I feature a different LGBTQ club or organization to try and help gay men living in the Boston area connect. This week I wanted to share with you Boston’s gay dodgeball league. Registration for the summer season will open on Saturday, May 12th and there is a slight discount if you register early.
Dodgeball Summer Registration Opens Saturday, May 12
They will host a pick up game that everyone is welcome to on Thursday, June 28th and games will officially start Thursday, July 12. Games will be held on Thursday evenings at the Holland Community Center in Dorchester.
If this sounds like something you’d be interested in checking out, I’d encourage you to give the club a closer look. You can find more information online at gaydodgeball.com/boston or on the facebook page, facebook.com/GayDodgeball.
I want to feature the LGBTQ groups and organizations that help people connect and enrich Boston’s gay life. If you’d like to have your club / team featured, please email me at bosguymail@gmail.com or via FB messenger.
Salem, MA is set to host the 10th annual Massachusetts Poetry Festival, May 4-6. Turning this picturesque New England town into epicenter of contemporary American poetry, and providing you the chance to hear many of the nation’s best poets read and discuss their work in intimate and engaging forums.
The Massachusetts Poetry Festival is the nation’s largest annual poetry festival, showcasing nearly 100 poetry readings and workshops, a small press and literary fair, panels, poetry slams, visual arts, and open-air performances. This year’s festival will include nearly 300 local and nationally known poets.
Of particular interest are the discussions, College Slammers – Poetry Slam from students at area colleges on Friday, May 4th from 9-10:30PM at the Hawthorne Hotel; We’re Here. We’re Queer: New Poetry Books by LGBTQ Writers on Saturday, May 5th from 2-3PM at the Hawthorne Hotel; and The Shakespeare Time-Traveling Speakeasy on Sunday, May 6th from 2:30 – 3:30PM at the P.E.M.For more information about the festival visit their website, masspoetry.org.
A couple weeks ago I posted a guy who clearly never skips legs day at the gym and I received so much positive feedback I thought I’d share another for all you legs guys out there.
SpeakEasy Stage Company’s next production, Allegiance, opens Friday, May 4th. The play is inspired by George Takei’s (Mr. Sulu on “Star Trek) childhood experience when his family’s lives were upended, when they and 120,000 other Japanese-Americans were forced to leave their homes following the events at Pearl Harbor in WWII. ALLEGIANCE follows the family as they fight between duty and defiance, custom and change, family bonds and forbidden loves.
This week is for all of you guys who prefer your men in kilts with a furry sporran.
Nearly 50 events, parties and programs are listed below. They range from the Boston Gay Men’s Book Club to Housboi a mid-week drag show / party and includes pretty much everything in between.
Looking to this weekend, I’d like to give shout outs to the following: 10th Mass Poetry Festival runs Friday through Sunday in Salem, MA; Boston taco festival all day on Saturday in Gov’t Center; The SoWa Art Walk both Saturday and Sunday; First Tea Dance at Boatslip starts at 4PM on Friday in Ptown; EXTRA with Special Guest Lady Bunny at Machine on Saturday; and finally, Verna Turbulence’s Drag Brunch at Club Cafe on Sunday.
Thursday, May 3 at the History Project in the South End
Pizza & Game Night is every Monday from 5-9PM (check out their ping pong and foosball tables) at Dorchester Brewery in Dorchester
Boston Gay Men’s Book Club meets on Monday starting at 7PM at the Trident Bookseller’s Cafe in Boston
Drag Bingo is every Monday starting at 7PM free to play at Club Cafe in Boston
Social Mixer & Pool is hosted by Stonewall Sports each Monday evening at Scholars starting at 7:30 in Downtown Crossing
Taco Tuesday appears to have stepped into the void created by Tremont 647’s closure – head to Lucy’s Tavern from 6:30 – 9PM in Dorchester
Trivia Tuesday is every Tuesday at the Dorchester Brewing Company and starts at 7:30PM in Dorchester
Showtune Tuesday hosted by VJ Ryan Grow starts at 9PM every Tuesday at dbar in Dorchester
Karaoke Night starts at 10PM every Tuesday at Jacques in Boston
Stump Trivia with Jonathan Brett is guaranteed fun and has lots of prizes (trivia starts at 8PM) hosted every Tuesday at Club Cafe in Boston
Sports Night at Peggy’s is every Wednesday night at Peggy O’Neil’s pub in Dorchester
Housboi is back on Wednesday at the Middlesex starting at 9PM with Trip Report, Kandy Muse & Momo Shade in Central Square in Cambridge
Atomic Karaoke with DJ Stevie Psyclone & Jonathan Brett is every Wednesday at Club Cafe in Boston
ICA Boston every Thursday from 5PM – 9PM admission is free to the public
Queer Boston Board Gamers is meeting Thursday from 6-9PM at the Cambridge Center Foyer in Cambridge
Rebuilding the Historic Closet: The Up Stairs Lounge Fire is at The History Project’s space in the South End starting at 6PM in Boston
Bear Trivia Night is at 8PM every Thursday at The Alley Bar in DTX Boston
Showtunes & Disney Queeraoke Sing-Along! Grab a micas you take on a whole new world at Queeraoke’s Showtunes & Disney Sing-a-long
BRASH | Queer Party is hosted every fourth Thursday at Brass Union from 9PM – 1AM in Union Square, Somerville
Karaoke Thursdays is every Thursday at Machine with your hosts Rob Botelho and Emphysema Menthol 100s in Boston
THE WEEKEND
10th Mass Poetry Festival runs Friday through Sunday this weekend in Salem Ma with many events free and open to the public – in Salem
First Tea Dance at Boatslip is Friday and although it may not be summer-like weather yet it is hard not to be excited – tea dance starts at 4PM in Ptown
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
ALLEGIANCE (Opening Weekend) premieres on Friday at the Calderwood Pavilion in the South End and runs through June 2nd in Boston
Guerrilla Queer Bar (GQB) takes over a traditionally “straight” bar the first Friday of each month – later this week the destination will be shared.
Casual Fridays is a weekly dance party with no cover featuring DJ Begbick at the Alley Bar in DTX
La Boum’s 9th Anniversaire! /Queer Dance Party Come listen to some Madonna, Robin S., Robyn, Janet, Beyoncé on Friday starting at 10PM
FASCINATION Friday is a monthly gear/ fetish/ kink night at Jacques the 1st and 4th Friday of the month in Boston
Video Night Tracks every Saturday night join VJ Ryan Grow at Cathedral Station starting at 9:30PM
The Donkey Show is the ultimate disco experience is a story inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream each Saturday at Club Oberon in Cambridge.
Boston taco festival runs all day on Saturday in Gov’t Center
By Evan Rosenberg || 450 Harrison Avenue Studio 307A
SoWa Art Walk starts at 11AM on Saturday and 10 AM on Sunday so come over to SoWa and check out Boton’s Creative Economy up close and personal
ENCORE is Boston’s Gay Men’s Chorus annual gala and this year it is at the historic Omni Parker House
Don Julio Tequila Tasting head over to Cathedral Station for a tequila tasting from 7-9PM in Boston
Gagged LGBTQ Saturdays starts at 9PM at Brothers Taverna in Salem
Grunt is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX
EXTRA with Special Guest Lady Bunny is an 18+ party at Machine on Saturday starting at 10PM in Boston
UNITE Saturdays is a weekly dance party at Club Cafe with DJ Susan Esthera (no cover before 11PM) in Boston
Saga Saturdays Boston’s biggest gay dance party at Paradise in Cambridge
Verna Turbulence’s Drag Brunch starts at 12PM on Sunday at Club Cafe and raises money for the Boston Living Center in Boston
DADT Presents Boi Butter Brunch on Sunday starts at 1PM at Trophy Room in Boston
NoH8 campaign comes back to Boston’s W Hotel on Sunday 2-4PM
Open NOH8 Photo Shoot runs from 2PM – 4PM on Sunday at the W Hotel in Boston
Sunday Tea Dance never has a cover and always has great music from 70s 80s & 90s, starting at 6PM no cover every Sunday at Club Cafe in Boston
Karaoke at the Alley is every Sunday starting at 8PM in Boston
Pajama Party is a weekly dance party hosted every Sunday starting at 10PM at Machine in Boston
Hot Mess Sundays at Candibar in the Theater District is every Sunday starting at 10PM in Boston
Send me information about your upcoming programs and events in my blog’s comment section or message me the details on Facebook.
Considering the current political climate in the US it was interesting to see that earlier this week it was announced that Massachusetts schools will be able to try a new curriculum with LGBTQ-themed history, English and health this fall.
The curriculum, developed by a team of teachers with Massachusetts Safe Schools Program for LGBTQ Students and the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth, will be released this summer, and is expected to feature lessons on the 1969 Stonewall Riots and writings by gay and lesbian authors. It will also feature lessons like how Nick Carraway’s love for Jay Gatsby may have influenced themes in “The Great Gatsby.”
Allen Ginsberg on the left was was an American poet, philosopher, and writer. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation
The units are optional and the decisions of what will be included will be made at the local level. In case you missed it you can read the full article about this interesting change (for the better IMHO) in the Boston Herald article.
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